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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Adios Atkinson and other links

Everyone expected Cam Atkinson to go pro after the season ended. But with BC's early exit from the NCAA Tournament, a few hoped he would return for one more season. It was not to be as the JR forward signed with Columbus. York gave a positive quote and we wish him all the best.

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Not a lot of sizzle to that Skinner article. Pretty non-descript, I thought. Most interesting seemed to be the acknowledgement from the asst. coach wrt the heavy lifting. Could be worse...we could have Bill Self.

Compare York's comments about Atkinson to what Jack Parker had to say when asked if David Warsofsky's had made a good decision to forego his senior year:

“I think he did,” Parker told USCHO between player meetings in his office Thursday afternoon. “He needs to be challenged in a different way. He didn’t perform as well as he could’ve this year, and I think it was because he wasn’t challenged. He needs to be on eggshells, worrying about how good he is compared to everybody else, and I think this year he thought it was going to be too easy for him.”

“He didn’t have a bad year, but he didn’t have an All-American year, either,” Parker said. “I thought he’d be that type of player for us. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that he might’ve had one leg out the door already, you know, thinking that he might be gone at the end of the year.

“I think the challenge of going to play for the Bruins — going to professional hockey and having to prove something all over again — he needs that.”